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Covering the Newbery (#58): The Westing Game

June 4, 2012 By 4 Comments

1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Original Cover:

Westing Game1 Covering the Newbery (#58): The Westing Game

My Redo:

Cover 1979 The Westing Game Covering the Newbery (#58): The Westing Game

Side by Side:

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Verdict: I really like the original here, so hard to compare, but I’m pretty happy with the way the new image hints at the plot.

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Up next week: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 by Joan W. Blos

(Source image: “greedy hands” http://flic.kr/p/5AADAA)

 

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

Comments

  1. Ed says:
    June 4, 2012 at 12:08 am

    I’ve got to read this one again. It has been too long.

    Reply
  2. Tanya says:
    June 4, 2012 at 10:20 am

    One of my favorites as a kid and after re-reading as an adult. Did you know that Ellen Raskin designed the original cover for “A Wrinkle in Time”? I love that little factoid…

    Reply
  3. Miss K says:
    June 10, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    I love that the original looks new again.

    Reply

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